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0–9. No 1 (Western Cape Province) Battery, South African Heavy Artillery; 1st South African Infantry Brigade; No 2 (Eastern Cape Province) Battery, South African Heavy Artillery
Troops of the 4th South African Regiment (South African Scottish) during a rest period at Blangy, France. 3 May 1917. After the formation of the Union of South Africa, in 1910, Jan Smuts placed a high priority on establishing a unified military force that would be responsible for national defence.
The 2nd South African Infantry Regiment was commanded by Lt Col W.E.C. Tanner, this regiment was raised from Natal and Orange Free State. Many volunteers were from the Kaffrarian Rifles. [4] It was known as the Natal and Orange Free State Regiment. [2] The 3rd South African Infantry Regiment.
The 4th SA Infantry Regiment and the larger South African Brigade initially served with the British 9th (Scottish) Division. Following the Brigades' decimation in March 1918, it was reconstituted and incorporated in September into the 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division until the end of the War.
South Africa has a number of Traditional Regiments.These are mostly South African Army Reserve Force (formerly Citizen Force) regiments that were established either under previous colonial governments or by the Apartheid regime and which have continued to exist by accepting the authority of the government-of-the-day - be it colonial, union (i.e. pre-Apartheid), Apartheid, or fully democratic ...
The infantry regiments were raised with men from the four provinces of the Union: the 3rd Regiment troops were from the Transvaal and the then Rhodesia. Many volunteers for the B Company originated from the Witwatersrand Rifles Regiment while C Company were men from the Rand Light Infantry. Most of the recruits already had military training or ...
The South African Heavy Artillery (SAHA) was a regiment formed in 1915 as part of the South African Overseas Expeditionary Force to serve under British command during World War I. It never fought as a single formation, but contributed a number of batteries and brigades to the Royal Garrison Artillery that fought on the Western Front from 1916 ...
UDF era WW1 South African Scottish or 4th Infantry Regiment beret badge. During WW1 the Union Defence Force established the 4th Infantry Regiment which was unique in that it was the South African Scottish, raised from the Transvaal Scottish and the Cape Town Highlanders, and wearing the Atholl Murray tartan.